CONFIRMATION

Confirmation is the word of the day for us at the Dufries house. When we decided to adopt from Ethiopia and made it "official" six short weeks ago, we KNEW that it was God's plan and not our own. We have had several people doubt our intentions and decision and each time I have boldly said that Todd and I truly believe God has called us into this adoption and it is HIS plan and not our own. In the past six weeks, God has confirmed HIS decision for our lives in several ways. So far, the biggest way we have seen HIS plan confirmed is financially. I went to the bank this morning to deposit our yard sale money and I asked the teller to print out how much money we had put into our adoption savings fund in the past six weeks...I WAS BLOWN AWAY when she gave me the piece of paper. In six short weeks, we have raised $4100.00. That is not a typo...in SIX weeks God has provided over $4,000 through extra work for both of us, donations to our adoption fund, and a VERY successful yard sale. We praise God for ALL of it! We did not raise this much money in six weeks, God did because He loves us and wants HIS plan to be carried out through us. When we are faithful to God and his callings, He will bless us in ways we can't even comprehend. We know there is a LONG road ahead, but we also know that God will go before us and behind us in this adoption journey and we TRUST that He is in control. We are so excited about what God is going to do through us and this adoption. I have already seen hearts soften towards Him and I know there is still so much more to come! Thank you God for choosing us!